A letter to parents, sent last week, said: “Sherwood E-Act Academy continue to work with our proposed new sponsor, Redhill Academy, and our current sponsor, E-Act,to help drive forward the academy’s transfer.

“We appreciate that the uncertainty is unsettling for staff, students and parents as they wait further information. We hope to receive Ministerial approval in principle shortly from the Department of Education, confirming that Redhill Academy will be Sherwood's new sponsor.”

The trust runs Redhill Academy, in Arnold, Eastwood School and Carlton Academy.